Dave Thomas
'Smartalecky' @legal.reuters.com reporter covering the business of law. d(dot)thomas(at)tr(dot)com, 646-823-0937. RTs not endorsements. DM for Signal.
@nytimes.com
In-depth, independent reporting to better understand the world, now on Bluesky. News tips? Share them here: http://nyti.ms/2FVHq9v
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@heathercherone.bsky.social
Senior Chicago politics reporter for @wttw.bsky.social News
@mdoukmas.bsky.social
Senior reporter at Injustice Watch. Citizen of Flavortown. Chicago Reader alum. Send your courts tips. Headshot: Danielle Scruggs Cover photo: Brian Cassella
@aliceyin.bsky.social
City hall reporter at the Chicago Tribune. Bay Area native. Chicago’s greatest instant ramen chef. Has a crush on lake michigan. ayin@chicagotribune.com
@royalpratt.bsky.social
Chicago Tribune investigative reporter, City Hall. Little Village raised. Proud Tribune Guild. I'm just trying to make my city a better place. Author: "The City is Up for Grabs."
@robertloerzel.bsky.social
Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
@samjcharles.bsky.social
Chicago Tribune reporter covering the Chicago Police Department / criminal justice scharles@chicagotribune.com Signal: scharles.77 https://www.chicagotribune.com/sam-charles-staff.html
@dmihalopoulos.bsky.social
Investigative Reporter, Government & Politics Team at WBEZ - Chicago Public Media
@hannahmeisel.bsky.social
State gov’t + politics reporter for @CapitolNewsIL.bsky.social. Voted class clown in high school, though I’d like to think I’ve reformed. hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com 🍋
@ddiamond.bsky.social
White House reporter at the Washington Post. Focused on politics, policy and public health. Democracy dies in darkness. Find me on Signal: username dan_diamond.01
@willsommer.bsky.social
Senior reporter at The Bulwark. Email: sommer - at- thebulwark.com. Signal: willsommer.38
@whetmoser.com
newsletters @ nyt. ex qz, chicago mag, chicago reader. i'm not a miracle worker, i'm a janitor
@radleybalko.bsky.social
Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow. Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop. Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Forthcoming book: The Defenders (Spring 2026) Substack: radleybalko.substack.com Signal: radleybalko.52
@chipmitchell1.bsky.social
WBEZ Chicago reporter on public safety and health. https://www.wbez.org/author/chip-mitchell Mobile/Signal: 312-286-9986.
@bellwak.bsky.social
Chronically tardy yet somehow…Breaking news + bummer beats for @washingtonpost Why are you booing me? I’m right.
@taylormoore.bsky.social
Freelance journalist in Chicago with work in The Guardian, WBEZ, Chicago Reader, Block Club Chicago, etc. Ex-IWMF. Bloomin' onion apologist. taylorgmoore.com
@brendenmoore.bsky.social
Lee Enterprises' man in Springfield covering Illinois government + politics. DePaul, UIS grad. Frustrated Chicago sports fan. brenden.moore@lee.net.
@slulay2.bsky.social
Co-founder + Executive Editor @blockclubchi 📰 Former flames @DNAinfoChi @BeaconNews 🔥 Mom. I-L-L fan. CHICAGO. The future of news is local. stephanie@blockclubchi.org
@kylehillman.bsky.social
Skeptically Idealistic, Fire Starter, Problem Solver, Lobbyist (for do-gooders), Speaker, Occasional Instigator, Not Official Positions of My Employer, I follow a lot of people - doesn't mean I agree with their hot-takes. (He, Him)
@tinasfon.bsky.social
chief political reporter @suntimes (again); past: White House reporter @politico, politics correspondent @insider; proud Chicagoan and Greek/Polish American
@brianmackey.com
Host of the @21st.show, the statewide NPR talk show and podcast for Illinois.
@jeffstein.bsky.social
Reporter at The Washington Post. Listen to my series on John Brown: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-carnage/id1723391781
@markjacob.bsky.social
Former metro editor at Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at Sun-Times. Co-author of 10 books, mostly on history. Writer of the free Stop the Presses newsletter at www.stopthepresses.news. Intolerant of racism & small-mindedness.
@bylaurenfitz.bsky.social
Reporter! Still watchdogging for the Chicago Sun-Times. Happy grower of: some food, bee buffets, #TheHeir. Same @bylaurenfitz over on Instagram, too. Read my work: https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/lauren-fitzpatrick Haters will be blocked.
@erickrol.bsky.social
Formerly: Chicago Tribune political editor and investigations editor. Now doing comms for a statewide elected official. Sometimes contributor to @guysdrinkingbeer and @pwtorch
@jensabella.bsky.social
Block Club Chicago Co-founder + Executive Editor Ex: DNAinfo, HuffPost, Sun-Times Lesbian Cat Lady, Chicago Lifer blockclubchicago.org
@frankcalabrese.bsky.social
Cartography, GIS, maps, politics, and elections. Chicago 📍
@writeralejandra.bsky.social
Senior reporter at Injustice Watch. Former deputy editor at City Bureau. Earlier: BGA & Chicago Tribune. IRE_NICAR board member. Headline Club alum. Hablo español. ☕️🌎🪴 https://www.injusticewatch.org/projects/tenant-trap/
@adquig.bsky.social
Cook County, Chicago City Hall and Obama Presidential Center reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Hoosier. aquig@chicagotribune.com
@attackerman.bsky.social
Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR: HOW THE 9/11 ERA DESTABILIZED AMERICA & PRODUCED TRUMP, contributor to Zeteo, IRON MAN for Marvel. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com Signal: attackerman.81
@annecaprara.bsky.social
Chief of Staff for Governor JB Pritzker. A continually aggravated Philadelphian making her way in the great city of Chicago.
@mepfuller.bsky.social
Capitol Hill Bureau Chief at NOTUS. Past Lives: The Daily Beast | HuffPost | Roll Call | CQ | King Nebuchadnezzar II
@trishrich.bsky.social
Trial lawyer & legal ethicist. Animal lover, diver, Route 66 aficionado, Oscars stan, Chicagoan. RTs literally are endorsements.
@exum.bsky.social
Enthusiastic about Appalachia, bird dogs, a solid majority of my children, and 28-gauge shotguns. I sometimes write things here: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/andrew-exum/
@pptsapper.bsky.social
History person, Army officer, transplanted Buckeye, not really that angry anymore. Writes stuff. Some Star Wars. Refugee from Twitter. Views do not reflect or represent the DoD's. He/him/his. angrystaffofficer.com
@texasinafrica.bsky.social
Political scientist, tired. Development, governance, & conflict in Africa. T1D, Texas Longhorns 🤘🏻, & other stuff. I don't share my location on social media. Thanks for not asking! (she/her)
@globaltetrahedron.bsky.social
Global Tetrahedron was born of the shadows, and it is committed to control in all its forms. Parent company of The Onion.
@brycetetraeder.bsky.social
Global Tetrahedron CEO, chairman, media proprietor, entrepreneur, human trafficker, thought leader, and venture capitalist.
@eliothiggins.bsky.social
Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat. Democracy isn't dead, it just smells funny.
@dhm.bsky.social
visual editor, defector media defector.com defectorstore.com dhm@defector.com signal: dhm.13